Failure-to-Accommodate Claim Proceeds to Trial Under ADA

​Takeaway: Employers must ensure that employees with disabilities have access to information that is provided to other similarly situated employees without disabilities, regardless of whether they need it to perform their jobs.... Read more »

UAW Widens Strike Against GM, Stellantis

[This article has been updated.] The strike against General Motors (GM) and Stellantis, limited up to this point, will be expanded at noon today because not enough progress has been made in... Read more »

Government Shutdown Would Disrupt Employers and Workers

​Should the federal government shut down at midnight Sept. 30, federal agencies will have to scale back operations to provide only essential services. A shutdown would be disruptive not only for federal employees but... Read more »

EEOC Partners with DOL on Legal Enforcement

​The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be working more closely together to enforce workplace laws across the country. The... Read more »

Discrimination Claims Can Proceed Based on Employee Status

​An editor-in-chief for a New York magazine owned by Cohen Media Group can go forward with her lawsuit claiming discrimination, harassment and retaliation, a federal district court recently ruled—after determining she was... Read more »

New Employee Handbook Did Not Rescind Previously Signed Arbitration Agreement

​Takeaway: An employee’s failure to sign an arbitration agreement contained in a new employee handbook did not negate his obligation to arbitrate workplace disputes where he had previously signed a different arbitration... Read more »

OPM Announces Proposed Rule to Protect Career Civil Servants

​The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced a proposed rule on Sept. 15 that would reinforce long-standing protections and merit system principles for career civil servants. The previous administration had issued... Read more »

Examples of Disclaimer and Policy Changes in Response to NLRB Handbook Decision

​Employers who are revising disclaimers and policies in response to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision in August should replace broad, ambiguous wording with specifics. “The main takeaway is that employers... Read more »

DACA Recipient Cannot Establish Alienage Discrimination

​Takeaway: In this case, the employer based its decision on the plaintiff’s lack of permanent work authorization. ​A summer intern applicant for ExxonMobil Corp. whose deportation was deferred under the Deferred Action... Read more »

Deadline Coming for Clawback Provisions in Executive Pay Policies

​Public companies have until Dec. 1 to update or add new clawback provisions to their executive pay policies in order to comply with regulations the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized... Read more »